Ice-scoring machine



4 192 Oct 7 R. H.' RoARK ICE SCORING MACHINE Filed June 5o', 1925 2 Sheets-sheet 1 INVEN-ron u" 4 1 e l oct 927 R. H. ROARK "ICE .SCORING MACHINE l Filed June z'o, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 RII. Roarl INVENTOR ATTonNsY Patented oci. 4, i927.

This invention relates to improvements in ice scoring machines, 'and in the form herein described is applied to a machine having lmechanism for scoring a block of ice longiof which may be easily broken oif by the retail dealer, the scoring not onlyfacilitating the division of the block into smally pieces which are uniform andv marketable, but also insuring the delivering lof an accurate amount without requiring Weighing.

The device disclosed in the present application comprisesan improvement over' the invention defined in my earlier application filed August 24,1922', SerialNumber 584,-

'the samethrough the' machine.

It sometimesh'a-ppens that in machine of this type, the blocks of ice are'not-accurately placed'on the conveyor', v. or become slightly displaced during their progress through the lmachine, so thattheylstick or are thrown out of properalinement with the saws resulting.

in inaccurate scoring and possibly in `damage to the machine. -Then too,' the blocks of -ice vary somewhat in thickness-and this increasesthe` difficulties of accurately guiding One of theimportant objects of the in which provisionfis made for receiving 'blocks of varying thickness, as well'as blocks -i'whic'h .have'been inaccurately presented to l,the machine, and for arranging 'and guiding 1'* theniin such a mannerwithv relation to the sawsk that the scoring will be effected i'iia uniform manner and without Jamming. j

source of ower and certain o eratin arts of the machine, so that in case the saws en- "counter a foreign substance, or in case any i other condition arises to"interfere withthe invention consists in the, construction, combination and arrangement' of parts which' V'portion of the machineg:

4smooth and easy operationof the machine,

working' parts to stopy without With the abovefadvantagesin view, the

will bemore fully described in connection with'l the accompanying drawings, which `illustrate*one Way in whiclrthese improves K elect-i1@ meier 29 mounted ori-fine trainata@ etai-ref wai-eh cari-ies a' puiuyreefeperaueay f mente may teaceomplishedi L v in eresmas I ROBERT HENRY RoAiaiLorweco, Texas.

thereon. y Figure 2 is aplan view of the same. ftudinally and transversely to define a plural- Q ity 'of units or sections, any desired number v present lapplication is to provide suitableV means for I guiding theblockofrice through the`machine,

ICEv-SCORlNGr MACHINE.

Application med June so, 1923; serial N o. 648,815.

Figure lis a perspective view of 'themachine with the present invention installed Figure 3 is a horizontal section'show-ing particularly the improved guiding means.

section-on :the line ings, I have illustrated va machine comprising which thecake of ice isconveyedand which consists, of any desired arrangement of longi- Aan elongated rectangular vframe 10l through-v tudinal and4 transverseinain bars, `and;.any4A ldesired numberv of upright oriotlierauXi-liar'y bars, which maybe foundfnecessary'to :sup-

port the bearings and other elements of fthe mechanism.v yAt the .bottomfof theframe' y there are provided longitudinal xskidsor*` tracksl 11, on whichvthe block of-jficeAiis supported during its-.passage through the machine. These skids extendifrom ythe 'en` trancey end 12of the machine'toa pointapproximately at the ycenter thereof, and thev blocl'of ice isconducted onto theseskids in,l

upright position by anydesired means.

Journaled-in suitablebearings at onev side of.y the entrance endv of thefram'e are apair 'of 'verticalj shaftsf 13 and 14, which 'iCal-ry sprockets 15, about which are tiaiiiedffeed chains ldprovideduw'ithprongsior teeth l17' -adapted toI engageagainst one rear-edgerof the successive blocks of ice for-.conducting them" through thel machine; rl`he upper end- 'v of theshaft `13 carries a bevel gear ',18fmesh- I' naled at the top of the framelOl-ne'arjthe l u ing with a gear '19 on ya countershaft'20 jourlA further object of the-invention to` prof videV a frictional connection between theentrance end, and carryinga pulley\21`,"'and joui-naled uponthe top ofthe frame nearthe'k intermediate portion thereoffis` a ,shaftl 22 ,carryingvapulley '23, about'whi'ch is-t'rained'. I a belt 211, which drives'the pulley 21. f-Alsol,

secured on the shaft 22 isa pulley 25, which is operativelyfconnected by af'belt 26 *with* a pulley 27 secured tof'a v'horizontaltrans-x verse shaft 28 journaled at the ftop`A /o'fthewv frame near the outletendof the machine.,-105A Any suitableasource of power'may vbeused Yof opposedsaws 33 carried by vertical l,shaftsI 34journaled in suitable bearings atthe sides of theYframdand `driven froml the shaft-22 Y Y `b `V1-I1eans of `intermeshing bevelledfgears 35 d36 "carried respeetiyely by thegs'hafts 'y 33, it isd'eliye'red te a til-tingcage '37 carried l kbyftnnninsf jeurnaiedin the slides of zlgftiltip'g cageghas one side f :'Ygndeneendepen'for receiving thelcake of f ice injupright position, vand'.delx'fe:ring the in' longitudinal position after thefcage Y Y, :V i hasbeen tilted. Y In order teeffect this Atilt- Y "-"Uff', ,Y ,Y

l.,lsxieei foi tilting the :cage periodically in y e 1 `relation with 4the" conveying mecha- ,e 'ureffl, and whenfit is tilted the block .Y 'Y i'ceLA is ,deliveredte inclined tracks vor A Y Yinffem whine; f. Y

www Y eis, nitidi-,movement .0f- :the- 'gaetolfits dshfliegej psition',fj1 provide a'.

v v -ashaft- 41 Y'oinnle'dm; the 'top .of {the-Y frame j reu Q theshe-tyfQ andearryinga bevel y' i gedr, which meshes with e hevfel'igear .43 secure, tothe upper fend' 0i shaft 14.

i 'fneeted jY-byl 'a sprocket @hein 21:5 .to` .an idler e miie ,the bleeks .eensisteot @plurality ef' inns 471' secured 'te zsh in, he ineehiireendere ,slightly inl ed Menifee-toile@ fperperidcelerte plan of reit-tieren dieren Y, Y

e pulley 32 Y Y Y Y 'c Ying thickness', yt0 eudhe 531116210' bloeh ofice passes the saws movement,-

of "the trunniens 38 has vlilctmmtediby, means hereinafter .de-.

,by-gravity Yin`V the' "pesition shown in Y Bof zwhiehy age-'located atthevoutletlend .y

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y voffice esrshown in' Figure :3., :so v-thatpthe4 block willV be ir'mly and eeeuratly heid and feutwerdly when engaged fbythe iee.

Y ySecuned-te,oneendeff,the shaft 41 is a( Y' yeprocketwwheellliwhidh is eperatirely con- Y, l

Y 1 y usual ebetrllietien fie,yein,ceuntelaed',l without,-

- 'ikepraeket -jeurnaled et Que lsicleoa Yfthe "*frhmg :Theichainfjz travels between the wie itoftilt the-.cagemember-56," edieeent itQfwhich is, a male pnlley5.,-whieh1 ferm Vrelais pertgef the enismie mpentantgasthe h ibeffeleehine, fend.. 'ercedfnteithe" Qagi Yin imed'freletiente the tilting;I. n.ore'-,1V

. pfthefkid@ .Shiite @here berjelgeers fseeereetotheirurrerends meshingmjigch rbeemmeYmm-eeee eleve im# vided., is adapted to receive hloels .of varycurately inl relation to the saws 33, so 'thatv V,the left-tei may Secre the block transversely Without jamming, 'and Without the block heeeining displaced, and includes a plurality of guides arranged longitudinally at the sides ei" tfhepassageway through the machine, at least one of the guides being yield- 4abie soa-s te :vary itsdistance A@from :the other guide, and thus maintain a positionin yield- 7 ing en@agementrv ywith they surface of the `fbloeh, Whatever its thickness, In the present .embodiment of the inyention, as Will'rbe seen .fromfigures .3 and 4,1 have 4proyi'ded inter` 5% Y mediate side" rails "51 and 52,1 which arel Y rigidly secured to .thesidesothe frame and Vspaced apart sufficiently to, provideV ample widthfor :the thickest hiockof ice which may he presented. Aitlofne side 'of the' fra-ine above the rail ,handnear Athe upper .end .of .theblock of vice ,to he received', I have provided a guide 53, which in the present Case is rigidly secured .to the iframe,V While at the opposite--isidefof the machine I have provided a guide 54 rigidly secured to the im v front ,end of theside ,ofthe iframe opposite 1 rear end portion .55, which isnorgrnally held 1n thepassageway liI-ifthts path-fof the bleek the guide .5.3, Aand having a resiliently flieid Y guided, and ye Y :the portion will, .yield j,d

The 'invention als@ inelude's 'a ffrictional.

tweenthesuree ef power and certain Opereting'partsef, the `:s0 as t0 permit] eedperteto' step, in the event thatenyu11flensing injury te themeehne. In-the prefsi lentexempleetion, reiste/e reihe Delley :.23 iS leesely mou-med on the lS ait 22, and Y hrovidedfetione eide' withA` .f-emelefelfuteh cimeli YY shown member 'Weed .e weeherO,YYwhiGh is limit:

ed' Sie its QHffWeird'- movement .6;1- A

itil@ Washer 6() Y may be', replaced i unusual ebefraictien. 'le .eneeentereehfYtifleaelilteh' andthe ehem @will Slip, and y @ense-Y properlyroperate the machine.

tween the Parts@ 45,6 .and 5,7 will he .sueierit fm1 Y 1wM l It will be understood of course that the structure by `means of which the improved results are obtained is not limited to the pre- 'l cise form herein described, and that any ing two longitudinally disposed guides spaced. apart 1n acommon horizontal plane and adapted to receive a block of ice between them, one kof said guides being held-rigid,

Vthe other having a front portion rigidly held `in parallel relation to the rigid guide,and a rear portion which is resiliently held and normally closer to the rigid Vguide than is the front portion, whereby to urge the block .of ice-against the rigidvguide as said block of vice passes rearwardly, an endless traveling "element havinga prong which proyect-s 1n-k wardly beyond the rigid guide to engagethe block ofice and convey itrearwardly between said guides, and means for scoring the ice as it 1s so conveyed.

2. An ice scoring machine-comprising, in

combination, a frame, a trackway over which v blocks of ice maybe slid therethrough, a

mechanical conveyor fori'eeding blocks of ice over said trackway, vertically spaced scoring means arranged on the sides of the frame, and longitudinal guide members secured to the inside ofthe frame; oneof said guide. members having a resilient portion projecting inwardly between the frames y adapted to engage the blocks of ice and press them firmly against the other guide member during their transit between the scoring means. Y

3. An ice scoring machine comprising, in

combination, a frame providing a trackway for blocks of ice arranged on end, a plurality of vertically spaced and oppositely arrangedscoring saws on thesiole of said frames,y av rmechanical conveyor to convey the blocks 1 betweenV the scoring saws7 la `rigid longitudinal guide on one side of theframe and a re-V silient guide on the opposite sideL of the frame between the scoring saws. r

In testimony that I claimV the foregoing asv my own, I have hereto aftixed my signature. ROBERT HENRY ROARK. Y 

